2012-10-11 — /travelprnews.com/ — Lufthansa is transferring its point-to-point services that are not operated through the Frankfurt and Munich hubs to a unified business model under the Germanwings brand. Up to now, both Lufthansa and Germanwings have offered point-to-point flights on domestic German and European routes. From 2013, however, these services will be repositioned as a… Read the full news article

Sprint network outage in Seattle affect flights system-wide SEATTLE — 2012-10-11 — /travelprnews.com/ — A Sprint fiber network cable severed in the Seattle area significantly delayed Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air flights today. Sprint provides the airlines with connectivity to SABRE, the system the carriers use for reservations, to check in passengers and to purchase tickets…. Read the full news article

2012-10-10 — /travelprnews.com/ — Wednesday morning, 10 October: At 9.50 hrs precisely, as scheduled, the first aircraft pushed back from the new Pier A-Plus at Frankfurt Airport. Aboard the Lufthansa Airbus A380 “Zürich”, operating under flight number LH454, were 466 passengers bound for San Francisco. This was the first of a total of 13 flight departures… Read the full news article

2012-10-10 — /travelprnews.com/ — Ryanair, Stansted’s largest airline (with almost 70% of Stansted’s traffic), today (9 Oct) announced that it had withdrawn from the Stansted sale process, having been advised by BAA Stansted’s owner, Ferrovial, that it will exclude Ryanair (and any Ryanair related consortium) from the Stansted sale process. Since Ryanair does not wish to… Read the full news article

2012-10-9 — /travelprnews.com/ — Tomorrow morning the new A-Plus Concourse at Frankfurt Airport will go into operation, and at the same time Lufthansa will open five new lounges there. A First Class Lounge, a Senator Lounge and a Business Lounge are located on the EU Departures and Arrivals level. For passengers in the so-called Non-Schengen area… Read the full news article

2012-10-9 — /travelprnews.com/ — Qatar Airways is to join oneworld®, adding one of the world’s fastest growing and most highly rated airlines to the world’s leading quality airline alliance. Its election as a oneworld member designate was announced today (October 8, 2012) at a press conference in New York – home of oneworld’s central alliance management… Read the full news article

TORONTO, 2012-10-9 — /travelprnews.com/ — Porter Airlines is suiting up for the ski season with another year of winter service to Mont Tremblant, beginning Dec. 7 until April 7. Non-stop flights are available from both Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport and Newark Liberty International Airport. An improved winter schedule starts a full week earlier than last… Read the full news article

Alexandria, Va. – 2012-10-9 — /travelprnews.com/ — Creating and enhancing diversity in airports and their communities will be the focus of the inaugural Pathway to Prosperity Summit, November 14-16, 2012, in Little Rock, Arkansas. The summit, hosted by Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport, will bring together airport and community leaders along with executives from minority-owned, women-owned, and disadvantaged… Read the full news article

TORONTO, 2012-10-9 — /travelprnews.com/ — Porter Airlines reported a 62.3 per cent load factor for September. This is a decrease from last year of 5.7 points, partly attributable to a significant portion of Labour Day traffic flying in August due to the early holiday. August was the busiest month in Porter’s history. Figures for the month… Read the full news article